Captfred, When you had the bottom off, did you drop the larg sping out?It's placed between the base and the hand controler, thats what gives the tension to it, unless your talking about your rudder control(twist left/right). jls

Sorry Tiriaa, I know its hard if your not into computers thoroughly, but if you have some time, could you tell us a little more about your computer: operating system/ cpu/ motherboard/memory.. as well as what game your playing and about the joystick? might be able to help but need more info. Good luck JLSSorry Tiriaa, I know its hard if your not into computers thoroughly, but if you have some time, could you tell us a little more about your computer: operating system/ cpu/ motherboard/memory.. as well as what game your playing and about the joystick? might be able to help but need more info. Good luck JLS

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Sounds like the joystick is sticking, the only thing you can do would be to take apart the joystick and with a slightly damp washcloth, and clean off the joystick. Then after you clean all the stickiness off, put the joystick back together and the screws back on and it should react like normal.

Courtesy of Ehow here is the link that gives instructions on how to take apart the controller:http://www.ehow.com/how_4865722_apart-xbox-controller.html

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